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alhaitham,
kaveh

[closed] 🌱🏛️ quiz, vol. 01

Who: Alhaitham & Kaveh
Status: Closed :]
Where: Everywhere (wherever the prompts take them)
What: A pair of roommates get very busy in the month of February
Warnings: The warning you need in seeing two men pine for each other so hard they grow an entire forest.

FEBRUARY 2024

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I wouldn't--

[He starts to protest and then closes his mouth. He can't...actually deny the possibility.

As for what he's doodling, well, it's the Divine Tree itself...seems Alhaitham isn't the only one who'd rather be home right now.]

...Well, I got something for that, but you'd have to let me sit out and grab it.

[Ah, the Divine Tree... Alhaitham can't help but stare at it for a bit himself. Two months in this place and he finds himself missing the oddest things that he'd once taken for granted; he wonders this is what Kaveh had felt, during the time where he'd been by himself here. Frankly, Alhaitham doesn't think he'd have fared as well had he been in his senior's position—half the reason why the stress of being in such an unfamiliar place isn't as bad as it could've been is because of Kaveh's presence. That much, he is well aware of.

He huffs lightly when Kaveh tries and fails to retort, then is somewhat surprised when he hears him say that he has something for this. He's not exactly sure what Kaveh has in mind, but he doesn't see any real reason to deny him this since he does feel a lot better at this point. So he hums and pulls himself away allowing Kaveh the freedom to move, though while his senior goes to take whatever it is Alhaitham uses that time to shift so that he's lying down now instead, feeling decent enough to finally be completely horizontal.]

[Kaveh reaches over to the side table to pick up the package he set there, and open it up to reveal the paired bracelets within it. Simple gold and silver with only a few stones worked into the band...ruby and jade. He passes one over to Alhaitham.]

They say these bracelets can locate one another. Seemed...prudent, after Ocard.

[And, Kaveh doesn't say, he wants to give them both the reassurance of knowing the other is still here.]

[The crinkling of paper gets Alhaitham's attention, and he turns to lie on his side so that he can see Kaveh unwrapping the small package in his hands. It only takes a few seconds for him to be done, and soon enough he's revealing what's inside—a pair of bracelets, fairly simple in design even with the stones that adorn it. As far as he can tell it doesn't exactly mesh well with Kaveh's usual styles, which only makes him more curious as to what made him get it.

The answer to his question comes soon enough when Kaveh speaks as he passes him one of the bracelets. Alhaitham takes it, bringing it close so that he can examine it better.]

Have you tried it out? [He asks after finishing his cursory examination of the bracelet in his hand. As far as he can see there's nothing to suggest anything like what Kaveh had said actually being possible... but at this point they've seen a fair bit of otherwise impossible things, so he's not going to discount the possibility entirely. If this does work... it certainly would be useful, in more than one way.]

No, they were delivered just this morning.

[Still, he takes the moment to fasten it onto his right wrist...there's a warm that emanates from the stone, the strange tingling feeling that accompanies magic.]

...There's definitely some kind of magic in these gems. It's warm...

[Alhaitham watches as Kaveh puts on the bracelet, an inquisitive look coming onto his face thereafter as he sees how his senior is reacting. It piques his interest enough that he puts his own as well, blinking as soon as it's securely fastened because he, too, now feels that strange tingle that he's come to associate with magic. But more than that...]

It's... [Alhaitham starts, then trails off because he needs a minute to try and find the right word to describe this strange feeling that has sprouted within him once he'd gotten the bracelet on. This warmth, an inexplicable tugging in his chest, this sense of feeling complete. It's new, yet somehow also familiar at the same time. Very strange indeed.

Still, none of those thoughts give any sort of clarity on this, so after a while Alhaitham simply shakes his head.] I'm not sure how to describe it. It's like knowing where my wallet is at any given moment.

Your wallet?

[Kaveh makes an offended little hmmph, though he's not really that mad.]

Content to have me be the breadwinner here? Maybe I should start--start making you do the cooking and cleaning, then.

[Do not call him a househusband, Kaveh. Don't. Do not. Don't do it.]

[There's an amused little sound from Alhaitham here at Kaveh's response.]

I could, but then you always complain that I never do it the right way.

[For both cleaning and cooking.

...but really, he hasn't minded at all that Kaveh has been the one who brings in the dough here. It clearly makes him happy, and gives him some much needed confidence as well. It's one of the good things that have come with being here, since there isn't any debt or actual rent for him worry about. Hopefully that confidence will follow him back to Sumeru when the time comes.]

Because you don't. Better start learning, Haitham.

[He reaches over and ruffles the man's hair, which between that and the nickname makes it pretty clear Kaveh's mostly just feeling playful.]

I shouldn't be surprised you jumped at the chance to be pampered.

[Alhaitham snorts this time, but its fond, and its impossible to ignore the way his chest grows warm. It's never hard to feel a measure of affection for Kaveh, but that's how its always been; his senior has always been good at drawing people around him, no matter the situation.]

After all the work I've had to do as Acting Grand Sage, one would say that the break is well-deserved.

[Never mind the fact that its already been a while since he stepped down even before they came to this place. Its the principle of the matter here.]

How long are you going to keep using that excuse? How long is Lord Kusanali going to let you keep using that excuse?

[That's it. The scribe is receiving a headlock and right over onto the bed.]

But you're right, you should be resting.

[Alhaitham instinctively goes to grab Kaveh's arms when his senior drags him into that headlock, though he makes no real attempt to struggle out of it, only huffing out another amused sound.]

I would be, if a certain senior of mine isn't so busy being childish.

[Despite the words his voice is warm and fond, and his eyes all too easily betray is amusement at the situation.]

Oh, I bring you gifts to make you feel more at ease, and you call me childish, now? If you weren't sick I'd show you childish--

[As it is he should probably not lick a man in recovery.

Next time, though.]

[It's easy to forget how terrible he feels when Kaveh is being so entertaining, and even easier to give into the urge to needle his senior some more even though its completely unnecessary.]

Is the Light of Kshahrewar going back on his word now? I didn't think a little obstacle would be enough to put him off.

[Alhaitham is very amused right now. His eyes are practically sparkling with mirth.]

Oh, that's it, you asked for it.

[RIGHT. Just gonna lick up this man's cheek like the paragon of maturity Kaveh clearly is.]

[Since Alhaitham had been more or less ready for it he isn't really bothered by what Kaveh does, especially when they've done far more than leave spit on each other at this point. The huff that he lets out more or less says just as much without any words.]

Is that all? [He asks, expression now challenging. Come on now, Kaveh, surely you have something better than this juvenile display.]

[Kaveh doesn't answer.

But he does nip this man's ear. :T]

[Well if that's what you want to play here, senior—

Alhaitham snorts lightly, then shifts and lifts himself just enough so that he can return that nip with his own, making sure to tug at the lobe pointedly with his teeth, looking exceptionally smug when he settles back down after hearing Kaveh's reaction.]

You brute--

[Well now he has to kiss him. Or Alhaitham wins?]

[Alhaitham is pretty sure that he wins either way here, because there is no greater prize then to be able to feel the sweet warmth of Kaveh's lips on his—something that he hasn't stopped thinking about since that night, and its nice to know that that was not in fact a dream born his own exhaustion.

He returns the kiss, more than willing to return as good as he gets, and when he finally pulls away the amusement is dancing in his eyes once more as Alhaitham looks at Kaveh, flushed and red-cheeked, and says—]

Good night, senior.

[—before he turns around to put his back to Kaveh and settles down properly, ready to tune in for his afternoon nap now.]

...You...!!!

[To say Kaveh is riled up would be an understatement, in more ways than one. He even reaches for a pillow, ready to whap, before he catches himself, reminding himself that Alhaitham is, despite everything, still recovering. So he hmphs loudly, but leans over, to press a gentle kiss to Alhaitham's temple.]

Get some rest, brat. I'll wake you up for lunch.

[Alhaitham had, in fact, been expecting some kind of physical retaliation after that, so he is a little surprised when it doesn't come—and even moreso when Kaveh leans in to press a kiss to his temple instead. It's enough to send a new rush of warmth to come up to his face, chest squeezing tight at the deluge of emotions that run through him. Ah, he already feels so much better.]

If I see any fish on my lunch later I'm dumping it onto you.

[Because of course he's not going to let Kaveh have the last say here, even now. That'd be ridiculous.]

Don't test my patience while you're healing, Alhaitham.

[Kaveh snorts, but he does smile, even as he pulls the blankets up over Alhaitham.

He supposes he'll be nice and not make soup either.]

[There's another quiet, amused sound from Alhaitham, but he says nothing else this time, already starting to feel the drowsiness take a hold of him now that he's nice and comfortable and his body isn't inclined to actually throw anything out.

He still deeply misses his bed and his house back in Sumeru, but... there are things about this place too that isn't too bad, despite it all. No job to worry about, many new and interesting things to learn and discover, and most of all—Kaveh, and everything about it.

...yeah, maybe its not so bad after all.]

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oh they are silly

they are so silly... and in love

married and they still don't know they're in love.

truly doing everything backwards

absolutely every step wrong and yet

and yet they made it work somehow

annnnd hurtling towards sin

menace vs menace

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